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2 Chronicles · read by Dean Stump
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2 Chronicles 32
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After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?" they said.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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"Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, 'The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?'Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices'?Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!"Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: "Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help
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Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.Read from KJV · A Very Present Help